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Monday, August 30, 2010

STAR STRUCK!

Burgundy Buttons is pleased to be one of the final stops on the Star Struck Blog Tour. Have you guys been Star Struck yet or what?

Here's a couple tidbits that Mrs Barbara shared with us on her tour:

What is your sewing room like?
It is a room that the children go through to get upstairs. This room also has the computer and piano in it. There is always a lot of activity going on around me, which I love. Yes, the quilts on the floor get walked over, pieces get flipped and turned, but it is nothing to cry about. Here is a picture of the walkway with a quilt in progress on the floor.

Do you do all your own quilting?
I do roughly 50%. I will free motion quilt on my Bernina 440, hand quilt it myself or pay someone to machine quilt on a long arm sewing machine or pay someone to hand quilt. It all depends upon the quilt and what it calls for.

And now for the prizes!

There are three prizes!

A lucky first place winner will receive copy of Barbara's book Star Struck Quilts. Learn to Mix and Match Blocks and Center Stars for up to 27 Different Quilts. Create 9 shimmering star quilts to adorn the walls of your home . Build your star-making skills-start out with simple patterns and move to more complex patterns as you learn. Create delightful stars out of diamonds. Create different designs by simply changing the color and/or size of the diamonds. Learn to create perfect 8-point centers that lie flat. Learn to take advantage of a fabric's design or motif with fussy cutting .

Second Place winners will receive a Pen Style Chaco Liner, Best Press Spray and Flower Head Pens.

And finally, at the end of the tour, 1 winner will receive this Fat Quarter Bundle from RJR and a 25.00 Gift Certificate from Patchwork Plus. This winner will be forwarded to Barbara and announced on her blog.

To enter, leave a comment here at Burgundy Buttons and tell us about any experience or fears you have had with STAR quilts. (admittedly, I have always been intimidated but am ready to take on the challenge).

Winners will be selected by a random number generator. The first two will be posted here on September 2nd, and the last prize winner posted on Barbara's site shortly thereafter. Make sure to leave us your contact info!

And don't forget to share a little Burgundy Love with these fine bloggers as well, not to mention leave comments on thier blogs for extra winning opportunities!

They are one of my favorite blocks to make. I love the wonky star block by Silly BooDilly. I would like to make a more detailed and complex star block in the future and you have given me some ideas. Thanks!

I tried a lone star once, when I was a "beginner"! I thought it was beautiful and seemed like it would work. Alas, no, it was a complete mess and I threw it away. I'm still not experienced enough to do it correctly (without tears!) so I'll just wait.

I think stars are beautiful, but they intimidate the heck out of me! I did a little one, in a paper-piecing class. That was *just* enough. Unless maybe I am the lucky recipient of a book that walks me through it...! :)

I have done a couple of small star blocks, but I have never made a lone star quilt! I think with Barbara's book I would be ready for the challenge. :)I love the star quilt at the top of your post.Thank you for the opportunity to win.

I like stars of all sorts. I really like patterns where the star is a big surprise and sort of hides among the other pieces-but once it comes into your vision, you can't ignore it. I'd love to have this book. I think every quilt should have a star someplace.

hello burgundy buttons......enjoyed your site.....also the new tidbits from Barbara's book. I used to do mostly piecing, very elementary patterns, then turned to hand quilting. Presently, neither. ;( Hummm....now I'm looking eagerly at renewing a past hobbies.

I want to start a lone star quilt so badly, have a plastic template to cut my diamonds, etc, but I'm just too intimidated to try. And I somehow always manage to find another project to work on instead that's easier :/

My very first quilt was a Morning Star--all cut out by hand, pieced by hand AND quilted by hand! (Lest you think I'm some kind of nut, I didn't have a sewing machine back then--that's when we used templates to trace around, etc) We've come A LONG way since then!! Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the giveaways! Peggy B.

What amazing quilts. Barbara is an amazing quilter. I love stars. I've made a couple of quilts but like some others have mentioned matching the points is the thing that can be intimidating. Thanks for including me in this sweet giveaway :-)

My intro to paperpiecing was star - TIM'S STAR as a BOM on a quilting forum.I was petrified - had heard lots from PPing naysayers. But it was so beautiful, I just had to have one - I did it & it's still on my wall today!

Would really like to win a copy of Barbara's book and try some of these star patterns. Stars are a challenge for me - all those points to keep crisp and seams to match. Thank you for hosting the giveaway. mlwright29 (at) hotmail (dot) com

I love star blocks, so would really love a copy of this book! I am am moderator on a yahoo group and one year hosted a block every other week (BEOW for short) that was all star blocks in different sizes. That was fun!

I love that Barbra sews in the "midst" of her family life! We can all learn from that.My biggest fears are of bias edges with diamonds. I am getting better with them but I hope that Barbra will have some ideas on making them "fearless"Love your site and glad to have found it through this little book hop!

Hmmm, not sure if my post went through. Thank you for having another chance to win this fantastic book!! I have never been intimidated with any star, but then I'm a hand piecer and Y seams are a breeze. I look forward to being inspired to actually make a lone star quilt if I win the book :0)